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July 3, 1923.

INVENTDR HUWAHD WRUTSUN Application led :l

To all 'whom z't may concern:

Be it known that I, Howann W. RoU'rsoN, a citizen of the United States,resident of Oakland, county of Alameda, and State of California haveinvented a new and useful Cleaning tick, of which the following is aspecification.

The present invention relates to improvements in cleaning sticks and itsparticular object is to provide convenient means for handling thescouring element such as steel wool in combination with means forsaturating the scourin means with soap or a similar cleaner whieJ thesame is being used.

With this object in view I have illustrated the preferred form of myinvention in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 shows a verticalcross-section through a tube; Figure 2 a side elevation of the assembledcleaning stick; Figure 3 a vertical crosssection through the cleaningelement; Figure 4 a perspective view of a modified form of a tubeadapted to be used for handling the cleaning element; Figure 5 aperspective detail view of a cap for the tube and Figure 6 a sectionaldetail view of the cap and a filler contained therein. While I haveillustrated onl the preferred form of my invention I wis to have itunderstood that various changes or modifications may be made within thescope of the claims hereto attached without'departing from the spirit ofthe invention.

The princi al parts of my device are the cylindrical c eamng element (1)and the tube (2) adapted to receive the same. The tube is provided witha. Suitable cap (3). The cleaning element as shown in cross-section inFigure 3 comprises a soap stick (6) on which is wound a layer of scourinelement (7) such as metal wool covered y a binding element (8)consisting preferably of m uito netting, burlap or some similar materiaThe -whole cleaning element is made suiciently long so that it projectsbeyond the tube as shown in F' re 2. As it wears out it may be pus edforward through the tube so that a similar projection as, i. serai no.sa,

is always available. It will be understood that steel wool wound in themanner aforesaid exerts yielding pressure against the wall of the tubeso that it will not slide ve easily but may be forced forward when suiicient pressure is brought to bear. If the modified tube (10)illustrated in Figure 4, which is provided with spiral corrugations (11)and thus threadedly engages the steel wool, is used, the latter may beadvanced by a slight turn of the same within the tube.

This cleaning stick is always ready for immediate use. When rubbed overa surface to be cleaned, such as a sink or aluminum ware, the soap willimmediately form a lather and. pervade the scouring elenient thusfurnishing an excellent cleaner.

I claim:

1. A cleaning stick comprising a tube, and

2. A cleaning stick comprising a tube cor- Y rugated to form a spiralthread, and a body of cleaning material lfrictionally held in said tubeand adapted to be projected from -one e nd thereof by turning the same,said cleaning material comprising a body of s irally wound steel wooland a fabric bin er over said steel wool.

3. A cleaning stick comprising a tube and a body of cleaning materialfrictionally held in said tube and adapted to be projected from one endthereof said cleaning material com rising a boy oi spirally wound Steelwool and a fabric binder over said steel woo 4. A cleaning stickcomprising a tube and a body of cleaning material frictionally held insaid tube and adapted to be projected from one end thereof, saidcleaning material comprising a body of spirally `wound steel woo

